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It's why we were running the ball so much. They pretty much were daring us to.
Having watched most of the Manning/Belichick battles, it's kind of the same idea. Put everyone in coverage, keep everything in front of you and mix up your looks and coverages. It can be beaten, but you have to be patient and running the ball helps. Also the fact that the Patriots have a good secondary helps. Not every team can pull that off.
You're basically trying to slow him down and make him go on a 10 play drive, and bank on the fact that he will make a mistake here and there, which Mahomes did.
It's beatable, but the fact is even guys like Manning and Mahomes usually leave plays on the field and Belichick is banking on that. He hasn't been shutting down elite offenses for 30 years for nothing. It's the exact thing he did to the Bills in the Super Bowl 30 years ago. Facing a high flying offense, he let Thurman Thomas run wild and shut down their passing game, and it worked.
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